Well Read Column by Robert Weibezahl

Maps and Legends, the first book of nonfiction by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon, bears the intriguing subtitle Essays on Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands. Comprised of 16 short pieces, many of which have been published previously in periodicals or as introductions to other people's books, the collection nonetheless has a cohesive and persuasive through-line. The...